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Persuasive Authority
(redirected from Persuasive precedent)

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Sources of law, such as related cases or legal encyclopedias, that the court consults in deciding a case, but which, unlike binding authority, the court need not apply in reaching its conclusion.
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Thanks to persuasive precedents set by cleaner-burning and more efficient wood-fired boilers and municipal heating systems developed in Europe, the U.
Thermal biomass: burning for acceptance by Dawson, Pat / American Forests
The 1991 Civil Rights Act did not in any way disturb this holding and it unquestionably remains persuasive precedent today.
Shadow precedents and the separation of powers: statutory ... by Widiss, Deborah A. / Notre Dame Law Review
Counsel are permitted to seek an extension, or even reversal, of current law, but such an appeal presents a greater challenge than arguing that the trial court failed to follow controlling or even persuasive precedent.
To appeal or not to appeal - that is the client's question by Elligett, Raymond T., Jr.; Farrior, Amy S. / Florida Bar Journal
 
 
 
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